2012 Domaine les Pallières Gigondas Terrasse du Diable

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  3/11/2023 - JonBarnes1 wrote:

  In a different place than the 2010 we had a couple nights ago. Part of it is vintage variation and the outstanding quality of 2010, but also this just isn’t ready. Still modest and primary, tightly wound with red fruits and nicely balanced acidity, tannic finish, but not much complexity. Give it a few more years.

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  2/5/2022 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Medium ruby garnet. Aromas of black mission fig, redcurrant, coffee, stems, a hint of vanillin oak, a whisper of raw meat. Very winding palate from dense peppery dark fruit at the front on a firm gritty tannic base in a crisp acid frame, to sweet back notes of fresh red fruit tinged with black pepper, ending on a very long finish. Carries its 14.5% alcohol with muscular grace.

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  5/25/2020 - Motz wrote: 93 Points

  Over two days. Lovely bouquet of hibiscus, rose hips, sweet and tangy red berries, clay dust, smokehouse, and mineral depth. Impressive integration and balance. The wine touches the entire palate. Holding form. Drink or hold for another three to five years.

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  11/16/2019 - Chrishavens Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Hard to argue with a decanted and slowly tasted magnum of fully resolved components - in a wine that is a CNDP in all but name. Is this even higher points if not for the modest firepower for a Gigondas ? Not sure. But I liked this stuff a great deal as did my wife.

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  5/26/2019 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 93 Points

  On the nose, lovely fragrances of violets, blackcurrants, jambon cru, and dry undergrowth. Penetrating fruit on the palate with a dense vein of dry tannic crunchy jam and a spicy aromatic back note. Complex happenings across the palate from front to back. Delicious with sous vide mint lamb chops and roasted cauliflower.

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